Stay away from this place!!! Unfortunately, I didn't do my…read moredue diligence and look up Google reviews on this business. My friend had gotten a dog from this place 10 years ago and she was fostering with them so I thought they were legit. When we went there to see our rescue dog, they wouldn't let us come in. There was a strong smell coming from inside when I popped my head in the front door. I didn't follow my gut and have had nothing but difficulty dealing with Trina and her organization, EJ rescue. They wouldn't communicate with me and then gaslight me. Something so simple as just communicating regarding when my dog is supposed to have her vaccinations & getting her ownership papers. Our dog ended up having worms and other health issues. I don't believe that they did vaccinations on her. We still don't have her ownership papers, and I don't imagine I will ever get them now. I just found out from watching the news that EJ rescue has had 29 dog seized and two people were arrestEd. inhumane care of dogs, keeping them in crates with feces. I hope that Trina and EJ rescue is closed down for good and not allowed to have animals again! They are also a profit business not a nonprofit!! Trina has a horrible reputation with every dog groomer, vet, and dog trainer that I chatted to. One person a groomer, who knows Treena personally told me, she's not a good person. They are still posting dogs to be fostered and rescued! Do yourself a favor and go to a reputable organization. A good reminder to do your due diligence, and look up organizations. I was pretty close to calling Bylaw about them and I am glad someone else did!

I was looking for a small size rescue puppy and none of the humane society got anything. Then I…read morefound about EJ Rescue foundation on the web who got plenty of the size/age I was looking for. I contacted them through e-mail and sent them the adoption forms. When they didn't answer, we went to their place (E-daycare) and saw the dog we chose. As everybody mentioned, the smell was terrible that we barely lasted for 5 min. This was Saturday 2 Dec. 2023. On Monday 4 Dec, I paid them the "Donation" money 950 $ and went to bring the dog. From asking the lady there "Trina": - The dog has a chip and registered already - He took multi vaccines to his age. Next one will be in 2 weeks time and they will call me. - The dog is treated for parasite - All medical records and adoption papers will be sent by e-mail within 2 weeks - If any issue, I should seek the advice of their medical department medical@ejrescuecanada.ca "a local vet". - They will arrange the neutralization of the puppy when his age is due. - No receipt for donation since although they are registered as not-for-profit company, they are not registered as a charity so they cant issue a donation receipt (although their web site and e-mail mentioned clearly that it is "donation". When took the puppy home, we had some concerns about his health. For more than 10 days, we tried to get in touch with EJ Rescue, but in vain to have a response on e-mail. When I called the only phone I have "Trina" , she told me that she was taken to police custody and her team will answer me as soon as possible. Eventually. We took the dog to a vet on our account to discover: - Yes he had a chip but it was not registered - The Male dog we wanted and they promoted is actually a female! Her age is not 12 weeks but actually 17 weeks. - Off course, after all this, we didn't believe anything EJ Rescue told us and we decided to treat Olive as if she was a straw dog. Needless to say, the lies and fake information we got could have jeopardized our safety in addition to the safety of the pet. I feel very bad of such business practices in Alberta and such cruelty imposed on these beautiful animals hence I decided to share this story.

Our first 2 animals from pawsitive match were amazing. The…read moreissue is the third one. The foster home she was in had absolutely no idea what they were doing. This puppy was a rescue who's mother passed when she was young. And from how things have been going, she was no where near ready for adoption and I would say the foster parent simply wanted to off load the puppy. At near 10 months old, we are looking at possibly returning her to pawsitive match as training is having no effect whatsoever. I will absolutely not get another animal from pawsitive match

I totally agree about what some have written here about giving dogs time to adjust, to earn your…read moretrust, to feel safe with you, give them a chance to know you and your family. They know that they have been rescued- given a second chance from being killed, they know that and are thankful with all their hearts, but they need time to get over all the hurts, disappointment, pain, hunger, loneliness that they experienced before you came along to give him the chance to be loved and cared for, to be his friend and family. Dog moms, dog dads, dog siblings-please show these animals that you will give them the time, the kindness, the patience, your devotion, love and care they so crave, wish and long to receive. Please be patient with them as they come to realize that you are trustworthy, forgiving, nurturing, loyal, faithful, loving, concern for their safety, happiness, health and well being. That you'll really be a dog's best friend. They so deserve as a living, feeling creature. Please Give them the hope they've yearned while being out there as stray animals, fending for themselves to get a morsels of food just to survive for another day. Before you adopt them, please be sure that with all of your heart, that you will not abandon them when you have a new partner, new baby, new job, new home, less money, move to a new city, etc. Dogs can't speak for themselves, they can't beg you to not abandon them, they can't make promises to eat less, make less mess, love you more than they already do so you'd keep them because they already love you more than they love themselves. Having a dog is a lifelong commitment, the spouse, or partner you breakup or divorce will survive a broken heart, dogs rarely do. Having a dog takes a lot of time and money, they can't surf the web, watch TV, read a book, liste to podcasts or go out to bars to socialize like us...they only have, we are his only companion, caretaker, friend. They will make mistakes like us, please forgive them, praise them when they do good to reinforce the good. Read books from Patricia McConnell so you can understand what your dog is communicating to yo using their body language, after all, communication really is a two-way street. My Chancey has loved me unconditionally for 13 years now. I'm honoured and feel privileged. To each other, we have found what mutual respect really means. Chancey chose me to be his guardian, his dog mom, and I hope and pray that I'm proving worthy of his forgiveness, patience, kindness, all the love, the devotion and faithfulness his shown me, and all the joys he's showered all his life. He's there for me when things aren't so great for me-and I will be there for him as his gets difficult when he ages more, until the end of his life. I pray that you'll find your match and that you'll treasure your dog, more than anything else in this world. Give him a chance, forgive and forget like he will for you. PMRF matched us perfectly!

Bought a dog bed from here and once I brought it home it started falling apart and shedding. Yes…read moreactually shedding. I went back and they refused to exchange it and even started acting as if they've never sold that type of dog bed. The employe was also very rude and unhelpful. If you need any dog/animal supplies GO SOMEWHERE ELS. Trust me you can find better service and better quality supplies at every other pet store in airdrie. Even the Main Street pet value is better

We bought our puppy from Brenda 4 years ago. This was our first dog so we had limited knowledge at…read morethe time. We made a special trip down to Calgary to see this dog. Brenda promised us that our puppy is a pure bred teacup yorkie hence the asking price. We were asking for documentation about him being a purebred but refused to give us any documentation as she stated they "no longer do that". We were confused at the time. After hours of deciding we finally decided to get this puppy. When we gave her the money she took it and shoved it in her bra and then demanded that she take him for a little longer. We thought we would not get our dog back and we lost all that money. In the end we got the puppy but would not recommend Brenda to anyone. She ensured that the puppy would be 5lbs. Our little guy at 4 years old is 12lbs. She also charged an arm and a leg for a non purebred dog that she claimed was purebred. We are so grateful we got our puppy out of that home as it was not a safe environment. Regardless of all the trouble and uncertainty we are thankful we picked him even though he is not what we thought he was. He is the best thing and the sweetest little Morkie.

Received an email this afternoon: "I am taking legal action…read moreagainst you i didn't do nothing i will ask for damages and trust me i already called my lawyer"

Grifters gonna grift. This is not a no kill shelter but…read morecon artists. Offered a dog that hadn't seen a vet, said it was 3 months (turns out it's 2 yrs old), was covered in its own waste, and had medical issues. Adoption fees were suppose to included shots and spaying which they never did. They need to be shut down Do an animal a favour and use a reputable establishment

it's a scam running around and they are trying to take money from people for personal benefits …read more we adopted a dog in Jan and paid 650CAD to Shauna . the team did not disclose complete details to us at the time of adoption and we had to return the pet within 3 days . we drove from Calgary in the extreme cold , but this organiz does not care . they just want to loot money from people . it's been 5 months, many emails and messages but they would not respond . BEWARE OF THIS SCAM ORGANIZATION

Not a good experience for us... Cold and heartless and I am STILL shocked and appalled at their…read moretreatment towards us and they determined that with even knowing who we were. My animal was the SMARTEST animal I EVER knew and she is none because of a pissing contest...

The systems and procedures of adoption are faulty, causing potential adopters not to be treated…read morewith good faith resulting in disrespect and distress. My daughter and I dutifully adhered to their system, and booked an appointment to adopt a specific pet, but the time lapse between the appointment and our request meant that the pet got adopted out from under us. This would be understandable if it was others with appointments who ended up adopting, but from my previous experience, it could just as easily be a walk in who just decided to "wait for an available counselor". While that was disappointing, we understood and came in early to look at the pets, to pick out another pet, and fortunately we found a couple, with one that my daughter really liked and wanted to adopt. However, the adoption counselor was NOT prepared and very disorganized. Rather than listening to us and ensuring the enclosures of the animals we were interested in were marked as potentially adopted, the counselor took up a great deal of time on irrelevant details, in the office. Despite our noting that we wanted an adult animal, they tried to get us to adopt specific young animals (under a year). They then took an immense amount of time on irrelevant details, such as the specifics as to how the pets had recovered from surgery months ago, confusing current potential health issues with those that had been resolved, rather than taking us to visit the animals themselves. In fact, they took so long telling us irrelevant details about the pets that by the time we were able to go out to see them, the one my daughter had stated she really wanted was again adopted out from under her. This didn't need to happen. If the counselor had immediately taken us to see the animals we were interested in, and given us the specifics of the animals as we were with the particular pet, my daughter could have had the opportunity to indicate the pet she wanted, and been able to adopt it. Something as simple as marking the enclosure of the pets as potentially adopted would have given my daughter a fair chance of adopting the pet she wanted. Instead of having a fair chance to adopt, our adherence to their procedures caused us to be treated with disrespect, and caused distress.

After a bit of research and the realization that the cost of a breeder dog was exorbitant, we…read moredecided to rescue. We looked at a couple different options and finally settled on ARF. ARF spends each Saturday afternoon between 1 - 3 pm at Pet Smart near Chinook Mall. Before starting the adoption process, we decided to visit them here to get additional information as well as to meet a couple of puppies that we had our eyes on from their website. They have a very stringent selection process which - as first time dog owners - we appreciated. They won't just let you adopt a dog because you want one. They will ask you to visit the dog, they will interview you, they will spend time with you and the animal to see how you are with them. They will come to your house to ensure it is safe for pets. It may sound a bit elitist but the people at ARF truly have the dog's best interest at heart. Most of the dogs are rescued from rural areas and reserves around the city. Once you have adopted the dog, the support continues from ARF - you are provided with 6 weeks of training lessons. There are also periodic phone calls from ARF to see if everything is ok or if you have any questions or concerns with which they may help. All dogs from ARF are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. I would highly recommend adopting a rescued dog from ARF.

I am the proud owner of 2 ARF dogs. The are a wonderful organization that does a lot to rescue dogs…read moreand cats and also limit the stray population in and around Calgary. They do have a bit of a process to go to to adopt but its worth it. They want to make sure the right people get the right dogs for them. I love that they have a trial day with the dog you are interested in so you can really get a feel for how the dogs will fit in with your life (family, home, schedule etc) before making a full commitment. They are powered almost completely by volunteers and have done some pretty amazing things with very little funding. Want a pet? Check ARF out.